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At the direction of President Roosevelt, George B. Cortelyou encloses communications from Representative Campbell Slemp and S. Brown Allen for Postmaster General Henry C. Payne’s confidential reading and suggestions. [S. Brown Allen is transposed as S. Allen Brown in this letter.]
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-24
Peace could not be found in a Virginia district due to Republican infighting and Postmaster General Payne suggests that they use Congressman-elect Campbell Slemp in their future relations with Virginia politicians. S. Brown Allen “gave the olive branch” to Jacob Yost. Payne argues that the importance attached to “delegate getters” in the South should go to “vote getters.” The problem is the small number of Republicans in the South.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-26
The Republican Party elected Jacob Yost to Congress from Virginia’s Tenth District in 1896. Since then, a faction under S. Brown Allen and R. A. Fulwiler has taken over the Republican Committee in Virginia. The Committee controls all government appointments, and appoints its own members at the expense of the actual election results. Allen proposed to end factionalism with Yost, and Yost reluctantly agreed to accept the nomination with the caveat that a new committee be elected. Allen turned on Yost and R. Lyons received the nomination, losing handily to the Democratic candidate. In a handwritten note, John S. Wise tells President Roosevelt that the pamphlet is “Gospel truth.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-12-12